Non-refillable bottle.



PATENTED AUG. 4, 1903.

L. G. MOCARTY. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 18, 1902.

UNITED STATEs ,Patented August 4, 1903.

ATnNT OFFICE.

LFVIS O. MCOARTY, OF PORTLAND, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO VILLIAMS. DALTON, OF PORTLAND, ARKANSAS.

NoN-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

sraerrrcarrolv forming para ef Lettersl Patent nafvsaiao, dated August4, 1903.

Applicationviled July 18, 1902. Serial No. 116,093. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS C. MCCARTY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Ashley and State of Arkansas,have invented a new and useful.

Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in non-relillable bottles. y

ro The object of the present invention is toini-z prove the constructionof non-relillable bottles and to provide a simple and comparativelyinexpensive device adapted to be readily applied to a bottle oranalogous receptacle x5 after the same has received its originalcontents and capable of eflectually preventing a liquid from beingintroduced into the bottle, whereby adulterations and fraudulentrefillings are rendered impossible. zo The invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described', illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in the claims hereto appended. z5 In the drawings, Figure 1 is avertical sectional view of a portion of a bottle constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the innerperforated casing and the spring-actuated valve, the parts 3o beingseparated. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the outer casing and the catchfor engaging the neck of the bottle. 1

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates the neck of a bottle, provided with an interior annulargroove 2, forming a shoulder which is adapted to be engaged by aresilient catch 3 of an outer approximately 4o cylindrical shell orcasing 4. The catch for locking the device in the neck of the bottleconsists of an approximately semicireular spring provided with vroundedend portions 5, forminglaterally-extendinglocking-arms and arranged inperforated ears G of the outer casing et. Theears depend from the 'outercasing, and the locking-arms also serve as pivots or pintles for hingingthe catch to the casing to permit the catch to swing against the end 5oof the casing to enable the device to be compactly arranged for shippingand storing and also to prevent the catch from being injured afterassembling the parts and before the device is applied to the neck of abottle.

` The outer'casing is provided with inner and 55 outer annular flanges 7and 8, arranged at the bottom of the casing, asclearly shown in Fig. 1,and forming a valve-seat and a shoulder for supporting an exteriorsleeve 9. The exterior sleeve 9, which is constructed of 6o cork orother suitable material, is yielding or elastic and enables the deviceto be forced tightly into the neck of a bottle or other receptacle,similar to an ordinary cork or stopper. The inwardly-extending annulariiange which forms the valve-seat is beveled at the lower face andreceives a valve, which is held against the seat by a coiled spring 10,interposed between the valve and an inner casing or shell' 11. The valveis provided 7o with a tubular portion forming a socket12 to receive adepending stem 13 of the inner shell or casing, whereby the valve isguided in its inward and outward movements and it is prevented frombecoming displaced. The spring is disposed on the tubular portion of thevalve and extends around the stem 13, and it engages a ange 111 lof thelower end of the valve, and in practice the spring will preferably be ofsufficient strength to hold 8o the valve against the seat when there isno internal pressure, whereby the bottle will be eifectually preventedfrom being refilled after its original contents have been decanted. Theweight of the valve and the liquid contents of the bottle are sufticientto cause the valve to open when the bottle is inverted; but after thecontents ofthe bottle have been decanted the spring will operate to holdthe valve closed, so that a liquid cannot be forced 9o into thebottlewhen the latter is inverted.

' The inner casing is'provided at its sides with perforations 15 topermit the liquid to flow readily through it,and the bottom of the innercasing is imperforate,whereby'the in- 95 ner casing forms an eflcientguard or shield and efteetually prevents the valvefrom lbeing tamperedwith. The upper portion 16 of the innercasing is enlarged and extendedoutward beyond the perforated sides to space roo the latter from theouter shell or casing,which is secured to the enlarged portion 16 byscrews I7 or other suitable fastening devices when the parts of thedevice are constructed of aluminium or other metal; but the parts, withthe exception of lthe springs, may be constructed of glass, porcelain,or any other suitable material. The inner casing is provided atits outerend with a horizon tally-projecting iiange 18 extending outward over theupper edge of the neck of the bottle and engaging the same and forming aguard or shield to prevent accessto the space between the outer casingand the neck of the bottle, so that the catch cannot be tampered with.The perforated inner shell or casing also forms a socket for thereception of an ordinary stopper 19 to permit the bottle to be corkedand sealed in the usual manner.

After a bottle or analogous receptacle has received its originalcontents the device is placed in the neck and the catch willautomatically engage the annular groove and effectually prevent thedevice from being removed. The cork or stopper is adapted to be drawn inthe usual manner by a corkscrew,and

after it has been removed the contents of the bottle may be readilydecanted. The bottle may also be recorked, and the inner casing istapered, as shown, to enable a cork to tit tightly within it.

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of a casinghaving perforated ears, a valve, and a resilient catch consisting of abowed or bent spring having its terminals extended outward to formlocking-arms and arranged in the perforated ears and capable of partialrotation therein, whereby the catch is pivoted to the casing and isadapted to be swung against the same to prevent it from being injuredbefore the device is placed in the neck of a receptacle, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

2. In a device of the class described the combination of an outer casinghaving an interior valve-seat and provided at its lower end with anexterior annular fiange forming a shoulder, an inner stopper-receivingcasing secured to the outer casing and provided at its top with anoutwardly-extending ange arranged to rest upon the neck of a receptacleand forming a shoulder, a valve arranged within the outer casing, and anexterior dexible sleeve located between the said shoulders andinterposed between the outer casing and the neck of the receptacle,substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising an outer casing having,ran exterior shoulder, a locking device arranged at the bottom of theouter casing and adapted to engage the neck of a receptacle, an exteriorsleeve interposed between the casing andthe neck of the receptacle andsupported by the exterior shoulder, an inner stopper-receiving casingsecured within the outer casing and provided at its top with anoutwardly-extending flange arranged to engage the upper edge of the neckand forming a shield to prevent access to the sleeve and to the lockingdevice, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising an outer casing having avalve-seat, an inner stopper-receiving casing secured within the outercasing andv provided with a depending stem, a tubular valve arranged onthe valve-seat and receiving the same and provided with an exteriorflange, and a coiled spring surrounding the same and the valve andengaging the flange of the valve and the bottom of the inner casing,substantially as described.

5. An appliance for bottle-necks, comprising a guard-sleeve heldliquid-tight in the bottle-neck, a nozzle-cup secured concentricallyWithin the guard-sleeve and spaced therefrom, said cup having its sidewall forami- K nated, the guard-sleeve having an opening formed as avalve-seat in its lower endr and a spring-pressed valve held loosely bythe lower end of the nozzle-cup so as to play between said noZzle-cupand the valve-seat it normally rests on.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LE VIS C. MCCARTY.

Witnesses:

S. A. HERREN, J. D. BEARLEY.

